China and Russia are to start construction of a joint natural gas pipeline in Russia's eastern Siberia this weekend, in implementation of a natural gas supply contract signed between the two countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government Wednesday to formulate measures that will keep the proposed gas discount to Ukraine for a certain period of time.
After securing the long-awaited gas agreement with Russia, China may have to take on more tasks on the energy front while enjoying the benefits, according to analysts.
China and Russia on Wednesday signed a long-awaited gas deal in Shanghai, ending a decade of natural gas supply talks between the two neighbors.
Russia has agreed to "finalize" a prolonged negotiation on natural gas with China in a meeting between the leaders of the two countries on Tuesday.
The Kenyan government has granted a year extension to an Australian oil and gas firm Pancontinental to plan future explorations in the East African nation.
Russia said Wednesday it would resume gas price talks with Ukraine if Kiev pays off part of its mounting gas debt, in an apparent move to soften its tone in gas disputes with the Eastern European country.
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said Tuesday it canceled discounts on natural gas supplies to Ukraine.
Russia dismissed reports on Tuesday that it was allegedly mobilizing troops to its border with Ukraine after the absorption of Crimea, a former Ukrainian republic.
At least 7 workers were killed Tuesday of inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank in Tamil Nadu, Souther State of India, according to local newspaper.
Egypt said on Monday that it will not terminate a deal with Jordan to export gas to the kingdom, Jordan's state-run Petra news agency reported.
The gas deal with Moscow may help Kiev get out of economic crisis, a senior Russian diplomat said Saturday.
China always grapples with gas shortages during the heating season, but the problem is expected to worsen this winter, as ambitious anti-pollution drives in many Chinese cities have become "guzzlers" of the scarce resource.
Iran is not hopeful about exporting its natural gas to the neighboring state of Pakistan, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Wednesday.
At least six people have died and another four seriously injured after a methane gas leak in Leon, north-west Spain on Monday.
China National Petroleum Corporation, the country's state-owned oil giant, has said that the China-Myanmar gas pipeline, expected to benefit over 100 million people in the two countries, had begun full operations.
Myanmar's local firms are seeking joint operation with foreign counterparts in oil and gas exploration and production on mutually beneficial basis for the development of the energy sector.